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Just hours before many states and local governments reached a legal settlement with Purdue Pharma, Virginia’s Attorney General announced a separate lawsuit against the family that owns it. Mallory Noe-Payne has the latest.

What kind of reparations could begin to make amends for slavery? Michael Pope has this report about a new two-million dollar effort in Alexandria.

Dominion Energy is asking state regulators for permission to make more money. Mallory Noe-Payne was at the State Corporation Commission Tuesday and has this report.

Insurance companies and health-care providers are engaged in a pitched lobbying effort in Washington and Richmond on surprise billing. Michael Pope reports.

September is National Preparedness Month. So even without Hurricane Dorian, people are thinking about surviving a disaster or terrorist attack. Michael Pope reports.

A new Virginia law limiting cell phone use by drivers is getting an early test. And a Northern Virginia Boy Scout is leading an effort to restore a neglected cemetery for African Americans. Those have been among the most read stories on the Virginia Public Access Project’s Va. News link. More now from Fred Echols.

Virginia has a well-known reputation as being a state that’s good for business. But what about workers? Michael Pope reports.

Across Virginia, schoolchildren are heading back to school. And now school divisions are no longer required to wait until Labor Day to open their doors. Michael Pope reports.

Polling from Roanoke College shows approval for Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is on the rise. He’s up to a 37% approval rating. That’s a five point uptick since February when a racist photo was discovered on his medical school yearbook page. Mallory Noe-Payne has this look at where Virginia’s Governor stands now, six months later.

Virginia’s largest electric utility earned $277 million more in profits last year than what regulators say is reasonable and its customers could see huge bill increases in coming years, state regulators said Thursday in a new report. Mallory Noe-Payne has details.